The Declaration also compels States to “take measures where required to ensure that persons belonging to minorities may exercise fully and effectively all their human rights and fundamental freedoms” (article 4.1). These measures include: To create favourable conditions to enable them to express their characteristics and to develop their culture, language, religion, traditions and customs (article 4.2); To allow adequate opportunities for minorities to learn their mother tongue or to have instruction in their mother tongue (article 4.3); For minority groups that are also indigenous peoples, please see the UNDG Guidelines on Indigenous Peoples’ Issues (2008) for a discussion of the rights of indigenous peoples, including the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and ILO Convention 169 Concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples. 11.2 UN HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES General UN human rights treaties provide important standards for the protection of the rights of persons belonging to minority groups. There are eight human rights treaties that have established committees to follow the implementation of their work (listed in parentheses): To encourage knowledge of the history, traditions, language and culture of minorities existing within minority territory and ensure that members of such minorities have adequate opportunities to gain knowledge of the society as a whole (article 4.4); ICCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Human Rights Committee) To allow minority participation in economic progress and development (article 4.5); ICERD - International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination) To consider the legitimate interests of minorities in developing national policies and programmes, as well as in planning and implementing programmes of cooperation and assistance (article 5); To cooperate with other States on questions relating to minorities, including the exchange of information and experiences, in order to promote mutual understanding and confidence (article 6); To promote respect for the rights set forth in the Declaration (article 7); To fulfil the obligations and commitments States have assumed under international treaties and agreements to which they are parties (article 8.1); and The specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system are encouraged to contribute to the realization of the rights set forth in the Declaration (article 9). 150 ICESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) CRC - Convention on the Rights of the Child (Committee on the Rights of the Child) CAT - Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Committee against Torture) CEDAW - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women) ICRMW - International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and their Families (Committee on Migrant Workers) CRPD - Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities (Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities) M A R G I N A L I S E D M I N O R I T I E S I N D E V E LO P M E N T P R O G R A M M I N g